Flickr is completely new to me. I
had never heard of it honestly. The creative
common licenses are flat out awesome. I
think that this is an EXCELLENT way to make math seem real and relevant and
really helps get students thinking. This
is an innovating tool a teacher can teach with.
It helps bring reality in. Students want meaning in the classroom. This
takes math into their lives. It brings the classroom out. Students can share
their knowledge with others and showing off their and other’s photos. Every
time they explain something through Flickr, they are reinforcing their topic
and learning. This is also a great place to share. Students can share with
peers. Teachers may share with their peers. Both students and teachers can
share with parent. This gives both the student and teacher ownership of their
learning environment. It also breaks from the norm of the traditional lecture
classroom.
For all of my classes, I can put out
snapshots of notes from the course taught. In the case of someone being absent
or just simply as reference, the notes would always be available. Instead of
boring old PowerPoint notes, I can integrate better graphics to match the
lesson I am trying to teach. I would use Flickr in my pre calculus class when
teaching trigonometry. With the tagging
properties in Flickr, I would make students find pictures of their choice and
tag certain properties of trigonometry. This
will show if the student fully understands the trig properties. The mathematical language is sometimes tough
to understand. Flickr is a great way to provide amazing flashcards. With the
amazing photos and an attached description, this removes the boring nature of
learning vocabulary. Students may even build their own and share with the rest
of the class to provide the peer sharing and presentation. I can only hope to have enough time to use
Flickr in my course. Time to plan my lessons!
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